Re: Does anyone still make NetBeans Platform Applications in 2024/2025?

Hi Peter,

in the 

https://www.karlsruhe.dhbw.de/rahmlab/uebersicht.html[1]

we are still working with and developing  a lot with very big desktop applications, with 
hunderts of modules based on netbeans and we are still fine with this technology:-)

In think especially in research desktop applications are still needed.

best regards
Oliver

> Yes, I've been writing a NetBeans based app for petroleum engineering
> tools.
> 
> https://pkirkham.github.io/pyrus/
> 
> I find the modern implementation of NetBeans is quite robust. Having
> everything on the desktop is important as in oil and gas we can be
> dealing with some massive files, and uploading these into the cloud just
> to perform some computation isn't efficient. Far better to have a
> powerful desktop than to try to write some middle-man browser app that
> will only end up as a shadow of the desktop app.
> 
> However, I do wonder if I'm out there on my own in the wilderness. Like
> you say the trend is for everyone else to be jumping into the cloud.
> 
> Best regards,
> 
> Peter
> 
> On 30/05/2025 8:12 pm, Martin Wildam wrote:
> > On Tue, May 27, 2025 at 9:27 PM Tim Mullé <[email protected]> wrote:
> >> Anyway, I’m just wondering:
> >> 1. Do you create NB Platform applications for your projects, company,
> >> etc?
> > 
> > Since my switch to Java (which is since 2010 or something around that)
> > I did a few smaller Swing Applications and I never did something
> > bigger so that I seriously considered NetBeans platform. Since then
> > mostly backend and one web project with Vaadin and one with GWT (in
> > both cases you have web, but program in Java). I loved Vaadin
> > especially for the fact, that you code it similar as Swing. In the
> > last years I worked with teams in projects where web clients are
> > implemented with AngularJS, Angular and React, but I totally miss the
> > Swing feeling.
> > 
> > For some kind of applications a desktop application is still a
> > no-brainer, but more and more is browser based, even for applications
> > where I would totally prefer a desktop application. But even photo
> > editing software on the smartphone can be pretty good these days.
> > 
> > There might be a little of a comeback to desktop applications with the
> > trend to decouple from the big players nowadays and to be more
> > resilient in case of internet outages, but on the other hand a web
> > application gives you more platform compatibility. I loved the Sing
> > being compatible with Linux, MacOS and Windows, but nowadays you want
> > everything also to work on the smartphone for real platform
> > independence.
> > 
> > If you consider a platform/framework change then one of the first
> > major questions is: Are there ongoing development plans where the
> > current implementation will hold you back significantly?
> > 
> > Usually in such situations, if only maintenance is done any more, such
> > a big change is usually not worth the effort.
> > 
> > Not sure if that really helps you,
> > 
> > best regards, Martin.
> 
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